On 10/23/2015 06:16 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > The built-in video on my server/workstation failed a couple of times in > the past few weeks (no signal to the monitor), but a hard reboot fixed the > problem. This morning it failed again and refuses to work at all. I need to > buy a replacement card today. > > lspci tell me that > > 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: AMD/ATI [Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.] > RS780L [Radeon 3000] > > is installed. > > Might Free Geek have a suitable replacement? If not, I'll go to ENU. What > do you suggest as a suitable low-end card (no gaming or video streaming done > here)? > > I've a replacement host about 90% built, but with a business trip next > week I need to use the current system for a while longer. > > Your advice greatly appreciated. > > Rich > _______________________________________________
Free Geek usually has a number of GPU cards that will do. Just make sure you check the motherboard as top whether you need AGP or PCI-Express. AGP cards are getting rare (new), so Free Geek is your best option and pretty much any Nvidia card wil do, even a TNT2. Heck I might still have an old AGP card somewhere... If its a "server" why not just SSH in? You can even run the X.org server component on the server but the X client on another box. Since you mention "workstation" is this box running X and therefore XFCE or some DE (see aslo above)? You might What to check on X.org to see what they recommend. If you just use CLI, then just run headless: SSH or vnc are your friends. Save your money since you are building a new box anyway. -Ed _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
